Patriot201
Car-Seat.org Ambassador
I had to go get my car inspected this morning (which is SO ridiculous since it is less than a year old and only has 7500 miles on it!) and had to wait in line for about two hours (for a 6 minute inspection!). Of course, I was people-watching as I was waiting.
I was a little uncomfortable with some of the things I was seeing, but I was not comfortable getting out of my car to say anything. Perhaps I was being overly paranoid about safety... I know we have had these conversations recently about being overly paranoid. I guess I can add my name to the ranks of people who may be overly paranoid...
1) The family in the car ahead of me had a fairly young baby (6-8 months old, I would guess) in a RF Alpha-Omega. They took the baby out of the seat to feed it/play with it/whatever. Well, everytime someone would move up in the line, they moved their car too, without putting the baby back in its seat. Granted, we were moving about 1-2 mph and were only moving about 10-12 feet at a time, but they had the baby in the mother's arms in the front seat of the car. It just made me a little uncomfortable, with the airbag there. I DOUBT the airbag would go off, but what if?
2) A woman got out of her car to pump gas (while smoking a cigarette!!!!!), reached into her backseat to hand something to a child in the backseat (who appeared to be about three???), and blew smoke ALL OVER the child. Ugh. I kept thinking, "You are an idiot. You are SMOKING while pumping gas (STUPID!) AND you are blowing smoke on your child?" Ugh!!
3) A young girl/teenager was walking a baby in a stroller out in the 33-degree weather (with a wind chill far below 30 degrees). The girl had on a stocking cap, gloves, a thick winter jacket, and a scarf. The baby had on a pair of socks, a pair of jeans that were too short, so they didn't cover the baby's legs, and what looked like a thin cotton sweater. The baby didn't have on a hat, jacket, blanket, or anything! UGH!!!
.
.
.
.
.
.
Thanks for letting me vent!
I was a little uncomfortable with some of the things I was seeing, but I was not comfortable getting out of my car to say anything. Perhaps I was being overly paranoid about safety... I know we have had these conversations recently about being overly paranoid. I guess I can add my name to the ranks of people who may be overly paranoid...
1) The family in the car ahead of me had a fairly young baby (6-8 months old, I would guess) in a RF Alpha-Omega. They took the baby out of the seat to feed it/play with it/whatever. Well, everytime someone would move up in the line, they moved their car too, without putting the baby back in its seat. Granted, we were moving about 1-2 mph and were only moving about 10-12 feet at a time, but they had the baby in the mother's arms in the front seat of the car. It just made me a little uncomfortable, with the airbag there. I DOUBT the airbag would go off, but what if?
2) A woman got out of her car to pump gas (while smoking a cigarette!!!!!), reached into her backseat to hand something to a child in the backseat (who appeared to be about three???), and blew smoke ALL OVER the child. Ugh. I kept thinking, "You are an idiot. You are SMOKING while pumping gas (STUPID!) AND you are blowing smoke on your child?" Ugh!!
3) A young girl/teenager was walking a baby in a stroller out in the 33-degree weather (with a wind chill far below 30 degrees). The girl had on a stocking cap, gloves, a thick winter jacket, and a scarf. The baby had on a pair of socks, a pair of jeans that were too short, so they didn't cover the baby's legs, and what looked like a thin cotton sweater. The baby didn't have on a hat, jacket, blanket, or anything! UGH!!!
.
.
.
.
.
.
Thanks for letting me vent!